Figurative Language

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Simile: Comparing two things using like or as

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Comparing two things using like or as

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Alliteration

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Two or more words that begin with the same sound

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Onomatopoeia

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Words that sound like sounds

Front

Metaphor: Saying one thing is another.

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Saying one thing is another thing

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Hyperbole

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Unbelievable exaggeration

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Personification

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Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects and animals

Front

Restless children hopping like kernels in a corn popper.

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Simile

Front

The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.

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Metaphor

Front

Thunder roared and lightning cracked during the storm.

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Onomatopoeia

Front

Martha's macaroni is mouthwatering. What figure of speech?

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Alliteration